Trojans take step towards promotion

Andrew Hunt

Thornhill took another step towards promotion from National Conference League Division Three with a 30-6 win over Woolston Rovers.

The half-time score of 10-0 seemed little reward for the hard work and enterprise in Thornhill’s control of the game by veteran Anthony Broadhead and man-of-the- match Luke Haigh.

The first points came when Adam Bird took a well timed pass from Liam Morley, to touch down in the corner, Joel Gibson added the extras with a fine touch line conversion.

It was not until after the half hour mark that the Thornhill lead was increased.

Gibson created the platform with a 40-20 kick and from the resulting scrum the ball was worked along the line to Mindaugas Bendikas who scored out wide to put Thornhill 10 points ahead at the interval.

From the restart Thornhill took a firm hold on the game with two tries in five minutes by Adam Allerton, each coming off well judged Danny Ratcliffe passes. Joel Gibson added the extras to one of these.